“Untitled (Perfect Lovers),” a minimalist lump-in-your-throat-when-you-realize-what-it’s-about work of art by Cuban-American conceptualist Felix Gonzalez-Torres.
The work consists of two standard commercial clocks positioned side by side; together their black plastic frames form the symbol for infinity. The implication of the piece is that, even if you have the good fortune of making a deep and lasting connection with another person here on Earth, eventually the two of you will fall out of sync, one of you will die, and one of you will be left behind. Also: We all die alone.
Gozalez-Torres made the piece in the late ’80s, during the height of the AIDS crisis. Another of his works, also untitled, consisted of an installation, on 24 billboards scattered throughout New York City, of a black-and-white photograph of an empty bed. He created that work in 1991 after the death of his boyfriend to AIDS. Gonzalez-Torres himself died of AIDS in 1996.
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yessss yes yes, this was at Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art for the fantastic sh(OUT) exhibition last summer. the hands of...
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Lovers), 1987-90...clocks, 13.5” x 27” x 1”
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